Earhart's Plane Found?! (1 Viewer)

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Interesting post, Aaron. Fleming was largely responsible for the deceit that became known as "The man who never was" as a prelude to the invasion of Sicily. It is rumoured that his inspiration for his most famous spy creation was a Yugoslav double agent working for MI6 as part of the Double Cross System, but 'spying' for the Germans, named Dusko Popov. Popov had all the hallmarks that we now recognise in Bond, tall, good looking, suave, a way with the ladies, frequented casinos and lived the playboy lifestyle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dušan_Popov

Dusko Popov, Real Life James Bond, Ran Afoul of the FBI | Defense Media Network

None of you guys would make good spy catchers; its always the ones you never would suspect for whatever reason that make the best spies.
 
They became famous for something else after they were spies.
One story was that, while not an actual spy, Earhart was ordered to land on an island to give the Navy an excuse to search for her, thus uncovering any secret Japanese activity in the area.
 
They became famous for something else after they were spies.
One story was that, while not an actual spy, Earhart was ordered to land on an island to give the Navy an excuse to search for her, thus uncovering any secret Japanese activity in the area.

With the closest Japanese garrisons something like 800 miles away?
 
They became famous for something else after they were spies.
One story was that, while not an actual spy, Earhart was ordered to land on an island to give the Navy an excuse to search for her, thus uncovering any secret Japanese activity in the area.
One of many stories where the logic just isn't there.

The U.S. wasn't at war with Japan at the time, so any civil plane, like the Pan Am clippers or fishing boats could do the same thing and without drawing attention to themselves.

Also, had the Japanese found Earhart, they would have certainly rescued them and played up the fact in the media. That would be a propeganda tool that most only dream about.
 
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Greetings Folks;


I started out following Flyboy's post. Along the way I ran into two interesting
items.

1. ...... Supposedly when Admiral "Bull" Halsey was on his death bed, he admitted that the US Naval
Authorities knew what happened to her all along. She was captured by the Japanese and
latter be-headed as a suspected US Navy spy.

I find this story interesting because before she started her flight she was observed being
ushered into a room in the hanger, and having a conversation with some men that was
suspected to be US Government Intelligence people.

2. This is a very interesting set of stamps........ issued by the Marshall island postal service
after the Second World War was over.


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....... Yes Dave,


They are. Notice in the bottom left stamp there are three people. If you look close or
enlarge the image it appears that the person on the far right is wearing a flight jacket.
The person on the far left seems to be wearing a khaki uniform, and has a sword.


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Greetings Folks;


I started out following Flyboy's post. Along the way I ran into two interesting
items.

1. ...... Supposedly when Admiral "Bull" Halsey was on his death bed, he admitted that the US Naval
Authorities knew what happened to her all along. She was captured by the Japanese and
latter be-headed as a suspected US Navy spy.

I find this story interesting because before she started her flight she was observed being
ushered into a room in the hanger, and having a conversation with some men that was
suspected to be US Government Intelligence people.

2. This is a very interesting set of stamps........ issued by the Marshall island postal service
after the Second World War was over.


l56-3-10.jpg




Later,


Mike
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All fiction, but the stamps are pretty...

One could easily reseach where the Japanese were in the South Pacific during this period. Their interests were more east. Earheart's plane was picked up (and heard) by Howland Island (witnesses).
 
They are from 1987......
Yep, but I still think that Howland island is where it all ended in disaster. There does seem to be more hard evidence indicating that the adventure did not end well than anywhere else.

There will always be speculation and conspiracy theories in high-profile events. The moon landings, JFK's assasination and Hitler's demise a just a very few examples of where the public imagination runs wild.
 
They are from 1987......
Yep, but I still think that Howland island is where it all ended in disaster. There does seem to be more hard evidence found there indicating that the adventure did not end well than anywhere else.

There will always be speculation and conspiracy theories in high-profile events. The moon landings, JFK's assasination and Hitler's demise a just a very few examples of where the public imagination runs wild.
 

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